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Flowers & Leadership | RKG

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My neighbor’s son, Will, graduated from eighth grade last week. Our family adores Will. We went to the ceremony. This is not the point of the post but I have to tell you - the ceremony was shockingly good. I expected to be bored out of my mind. Instead, I laughed, cried and left with a renewed optimism about the kindness and maturity of our thirteen year-olds. I also learned that mullets are back. Anyway. The commencement speech was given by a parent who also happened to be an alum of the school. Halfway through her speech, she had coordinated with the kids to leave the stage and give their parents roses. This was a wonderful moment for the parents. Smiles and hugs. Pride and joy. But it wasn’t the best part. No, that belonged to JP, who is Will’s best friend. After giving a rose to each of his parents, he picked up an extra one. Then he walked over to Will’s mom and gave her one too. It wasn’t a grand gesture. It took him thirty seconds. But Victoria cried so much that she had to wear

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